2 Great Neck Posture Exercises
Here are a couple of good neck posture exercises that will relax and strengthen the neck. They can reduce neck pain and let you stand taller. They will give you energy by relaxing your neck muscles, and you might even notice that the well being developing in your neck might spread to the rest of your body.
The first of the neck posture exercises is a great warmup exercise. It’s a twist on the traditional rolling your head you did in gym class, but it’s a lot gentler on your neck. The idea is to lubricate all of the vertebrae and to relax the muscles around it. Stand up straight and draw small circles with the top of your head. Draw the smallest possible circles, as slowly as you can. Make three circles at the smallest size, then slowly increase the size, and make three circles at this level. Slowly increase the size. The whole time, you should be stretching the spine through the top of the head. When your head is angled at 45 degress, reverse direction and do the same thing in reverse. Start large, do three circles, and reduce the size, until you are back to very small circles. By moving the through different sizes of circle, you are ensuring that every inch of joint surface gets properly lubricated.
The next exercise articulates all of the joints in the neck, strengthens the muscles, and relaxes and stretches everything in the neck. Imagine drawing circles with your chin. Make the circle as big as possible, and move through the path as smoothly and slowly as possible. Here’s how the circles should go. First, stick your chin way out forward. Then bring the chin down toward the chest. Next, with the chin tucked down, pull the head back until it is vertical. Then tilt back to bring the chin up, then bring the chin forward again. Repeat ten to twenty times, then reverse.
These two neck posture exercises can be done before physical activity as a warm-up, every day as part of a regular routine, or whenever you feel that you need a little relaxation in your neck muscles!
Category: Posture Exercises